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Jon Wilner
Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.
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Saturday Night Five: Pac-12 goes quietly into the night, Oregon’s clunker, USC’s huge recruit and more
The Ducks and Buffaloes were the only Pac-12 teams in bowl games. They lost by a combined 49 points to Texas and Iowa State, a fitting end for a forgettable...

Stock report: Oregon carries the banner, good news for UCLA and UW, Arizona self-imposes and Colorado face plants
The Pac-12 has experienced an entirely forgettable season thus far, but the Ducks have a chance to salvage something for themselves, and the conference, against Iowa State.

Pac-12 basketball power ratings: UCLA on top, Oregon lurking as conference play ramps up
As conference play ramps up this week, the Pac-12 has at least five teams on various sides of the NCAA tournament bubble. The last thing the league needs is parity.

My AP basketball ballot: Baylor and Kansas jump but Gonzaga remains on top
A light week of games resulted in only a smattering of losses by ranked teams and few changes to the ballot. Baylor and Kansas climbed one spot after Iowa's loss.

Saturday Night Five: Jordan was Utah football; Fisch made no short lists (except Arizona’s); coaches exclude Shough and more
Jordan, who died on Christmas, was a second-tier recruit who made a first-rate impact in 2020, just like so many other Utah players over the years.

Bowl picks: Oregon beats Iowa State, Clemson handles Ohio State and Cincinnati stuns Georgia
Cincinnati has loads of motivation while Georgia has none, creating the potential for an upset in the Peach Bowl. We like Oregon to beat Iowa State in the Fiesta and...

Colorado AD Rick George responds to Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott: “We don’t need anybody’s empathy”
The Buffaloes have a list of grievances from the football season, including being left without an opponent on the final week of the regular season -- the third time they...

Our Pac-12 postseason award winners: Colorado’s Karl Dorrell is the clear choice for Coach of the Year
Dorrell was hired weeks before COVID-19 struck but led the Buffaloes to a surprising second-place finish in the South. CU tailback Jarek Broussard is our pick for Offensive Player of...

Stock report (bowl edition): ESPN mocks the Pac-12, Colorado draws Texas, the committee disses Cincinnati and more
The Pac-12 missed out on the playoff and is the laughingstock of the Power Five.

Oregon beats USC for the championship in a finish that¶¶Ňőap so very Pac-12
No other conference would have placed a runner-up in the championship game after a division winner had to withdraw. But the Pac-12 did it, and the Ducks took advantage with...